[78-L] What Year is End of 78 Days?

[Kristjan Saag]

As stated: most of this comes from list members and collectors from all 
over the world.
Kristjan


On 2020-03-14 17:45, DKing wrote:
> Great info, thanks! With the ones who aren’t from your country and 
> presumably in a different language on album cover and record label, 
> how did you get all that info? - Dave King
>> On Mar 14, 2020, at 8:53 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid> 
>> wrote: Fifteen years ago I made a list of last 78's, according to 
>> reports by 78 l-members, literature etc. Here it is, with a few 
>> additions: 1958 last 78 rpm on major Swedish labels (Swedish National 
>> Sound Archive) Children's records a few years more. 1958 last German 
>> 78 rpm (check Rainer Lotz on this one!) 1959 last 78 rpm in Australia 
>> (Ross Laird 78-L April 6 2001) 1960 last EMI 78 in the UK: Russ 
>> Conway: "Royal Event"/ "Rule Britannia (Columbia DB 4418) 1960 (Nov) 
>> last 78 rpm in the UK on major record labels: Rikki Henderson: "Save 
>> The Last Dance For Me"/ "It's Now Or Never" (Embassy WB 419) 1961 The 
>> Film-Karusell Co in Sweden issues a few 21 cm children's records on 
>> coloured vinyl 1961 (Feb) Merbach Record Service in Houston, Texas, 
>> still issues children's records on 78 rpm (Andrew Brown 78-L Jan 5 
>> 2003) 1962 last Japanese 78 rpm (78-L) 1963 last known Turkish 78 rpm 
>> (Benno Haeupl 78-L Aug 30 2005) 1964 last 78 rpm in "Little 
>> Gem"-series from Disneyland (could be 1965, according to Robert Angus 
>> 78-L Jan 14 2002) 1964 last known Argentine, Uruguayan 78 rpm (Benno 
>> Haeupl 78-L Aug 30 2005) 1966 The China Record Company still 
>> manufactures shellac 78's (Mark Hendrix 78-L Jan 6 2003) (Benno 
>> Haeupl later added 1972 as latest date for Chinese 78's - see 78-L 
>> Aug 30 2005) 1966 last known Philippines' 78 rpm (Benno Haeupl 78-L 
>> Aug 30 2005) 1968 last South African 78 rpm (Kieffer 78-L Apr 8 
>> 2000); Lukenite, however has 1974 (78-L Jan 25 2000) 1968 last 
>> library music 78 issued in the UK (Dave Lennick 78-L Jan 5 2003) 1971 
>> last Russian Melodija 78 (probably reported by Mike Biel) 1974 last 
>> Indian 78 (http://www.bajakhana.com.au/Sound-rec-Ind-3D.htm) 1978 
>> last 6'' vinyl 78 for children in "My Record"-series (distributed by 
>> Louis Marks in Swansea, UK) 1980 vinyl 78's still issued in Kenya 
>> (Lukenite 78-L Apr 8 2000) 1981 The last known shellac-like pressing 
>> (at the Orlake pressing plant in Dagenham, UK) was made for Paul 
>> McCartney's private pressings of the 1958 demo reissue of "That'll Be 
>> The Day"/ "In Spite Of All The Danger". (See article in Record 
>> Collector - the UK Magazine), December 1998 pp 30-31) Corrections and 
>> additions most welcome. Kristjan On 2020-03-14 14:52, DKing wrote:
>>> What year is the end of 78 rpm recordings? I know enough to know the 
>>> answer is not a simple one. - Dave King 
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